Turn photos into 3D with Meta's SAM 3D, using SAM 2 masks and Gaussian splatting, so you can build assets quickly for ...

Researchers have developed a polymer structure inspired by a classic “Chinese lantern” that can change into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes when it is compressed or twisted. These ...

Japanese Minister Kimi Onoda's old social media posts have resurfaced. She declared her exclusive attraction to 2D anime and ...

Could a flat piece of fabric hold a 3D shape, the way paper does in origami? Aiming to find out, researchers from the Cornell ...

Meta reports that SAM 3D surpasses current benchmarks for both object and human reconstruction. To advance research, the company will release the SAM 3D Artist Object Dataset, a collection of ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin recently received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ...

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples.

In our interactive feature on small spaces, we showcased storage tips and lighting strategies through immersive 3D animations ...

Humans in the loop are not only essential, but existential. In the ultimate analysis, AI may enable the war-fighter, amplify his skill, sharpen his decision-making capability, and enhance his capacity ...

Researchers at Science Tokyo have developed a neural inverse rendering method that accurately reconstructs the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of moving objects using only three standard projection ...

What if creating high-quality 3D models no longer required expensive software, specialized hardware, or years of expertise? Enter Meta’s SAM 3D, an open source AI tool that promises to provide ...

Apple is turning the flat photo into a new computing primitive. With its SHARP model, the company says a single snapshot can ...